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Page: Rabbi Riskin Confronts Rav Soloveitchik in Makor Rishon: Jewish Israel Responds: Riskin vs Soloveitchik full report; Added by Jewish Israel at 5:10pm on November 21, 2012

Page: Confrontation essay by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik: Confrontation.pdf; Added by Jewish Israel at 3:58pm on April 22, 2015

Page: Rabbi Sholom Gold responds to Rabbi Riskin's article in Makor Rishon (English): UPDATE (november 2012): Read JewishIsrael's full response and comprehensive report here Jewish Israel's Rabbinic Director, Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold, has responded to Rabbi Riskin's feature article; Added by Jewish Israel at 10:13am on June 25, 2012

Blog Post: Dr. David Berger Responds to Rabbi Riskin in Makor Rishon: In May 2012 the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon ran a lengthy feature…; Added by Jewish Israel at 7:32pm on November 21, 2012

Page: RCA statement at end of "Confrontation": The 1964 statement adopted by the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) appears at the end of Rav Soloveitchik's essay, "Confrontation", in Tradition Magazine, where the the essay was first published.&n; Added by Jewish Israel at 7:27pm on May 23, 2012

Blog Post: JewishIsrael Responds to Rabbi Riskin's Reinterpretation of Rav Soloveitchik's Position: In May 2012, the Israeli newspaper Makor…; Added by Jewish Israel at 9:33pm on November 21, 2012

Comment on: Blog Post 'Rav Sholom Gold Issues Opinion on Interfaith Discussions': itchik's famous essay, "Confrontation" to be extraordinary. Rav Gold's position at this time is welcome, as it bolsters Rav Soloveitchik's position which was written in the 1960's and Rav Gold introduces an ironclad Rambam. Perhaps Rav Gold meant either a) Christians have not come to terms with our not accepting Jesus or b) those churches which purportedly recognize G-d's eternal covenant with Israel seem to be at the forefront of rejecting and challenging the modern State of Israel's right to exist as a secure Jewish State in our traditional and biblical homeland . So one wonders if their recognition of our eternal covenant is lip service, and if they sublimated their inability to forgive us into the political realm? Jewish Israel will clarify this with Rav Gold…; Added by Jewish Israel at 8:04am on November 15, 2009

Comment on: Blog Post 'Pastor Hagee on the Roof - Update': loveitchik's position on interfaith matters goes beyond any specific historic contest of Vatican ll, as evidenced by his personal letters and by the testimony of those who were his closest advisors. But "Confrontation" is a worthwhile read and very timely, if not timeless. With regards to prophecy, Jewish Israel acknowledges that there are certain rabbinic and community leaders in Israel and America who attribute the current outpouring of fundamentalist Christian support for Israel to a prophetic era of apocalyptic change. We feel a need to remind them that, regardless of one’s worldview, we Jews are obligated to hold our spiritual and physical ground and there is no rationale for breaking halachic fences, blurring lines, and jeopardizing or compromising the Jewish faith by openly embracing and encouraging evangelical designs for Israel. An open mind with "proper frameworks" may be the name of game…but nobody seems to want to play – lest they alienate and stifle friends with uncomfortable frameworks.…; Added by Jewish Israel at 1:19pm on April 11, 2012

Page: Rav Soloveitchik's letter to the RCA, November 1964: Exerpt from page 260 of the book Community, Covenant and Commitment In a letter to the Rabbinical Council of America in November 1964 Rav Soloveitchik wrote, …We are, therefore, opposed to any public; Added by Jewish Israel at 10:48pm on July 11, 2009